Sunday, January 15, 2012

Spellbinders Abilities and Beyond Blog Frenzy Day 5

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Welcome to the fifth day of the Spellbinders Abilities and Beyond Blog Frenzy!

Spellbinders™ Paper Arts is absolutely thrilled to bring you our largest product releases ever! These new collections are some of the most innovative and beautiful die cutting and embossing templates in the world! The Spellbinders Abilities and Beyond Blog Frenzy allows you a sneak peek of our introductions for the 2012 Winter Craft and Hobby Association trade show later this month.

Win today’s new Spellbinders products!

Be eligible to win the Grand Prize by entering each day, see the schedule below!

I am very excited to be sharing Spellbinders M-Bossabilities™ folder EL-007 Elegance and S5-113 Floral Burst a Cut • Fold • Tuck die templates with you today. I am so excited to feature the new and innovative Spellbinders M-Bossabilities folders! These are unique reversible folders, with 2 separate yet coordinated embossing patterns for twice the designs and double the value! The folders simply flip over, so easy to use! There are 20 new folders, each with 2 designs, and they come in 2 sizes, 5 x 7” and 4 ¼ x 5 ½” for all your paper crafting needs!

Watch this introductory video!

See how to use the new Spellbinders M-Bossabilities in this video!

I am honored to be introducing the new Cut Fold Tuck dies from Spellbinders! These European inspired designs create beautifully layered geometric designs in one pass through your die cutting machine! Simply fold the pieces, tuck them under and watch as the amazing designs develop! With multiple dies in each set, you can easily and quickly create different sized Cut Fold Tuck die cuts, or layer them for wonderful dimensional effects!

Watch this introductory video!

See this how-to video on the new Cut Fold Tuck dies:

To start I used the two larger die templates in the S5-113 Floral Burst set and Racy Raspberry DoubleMates cardstock. The paper is double sided with a light color on one side and a darker color on the other side which is perfect for creating die cuts with the Cut, Fold and Tuck die templates. I used the Grand Calibur® machine to cut/emboss the die cut shapes.

The next step is to lift up and fold the paper on all of the cut lines.

Once all the pieces are folded over then tuck the cut lines behind the previous fold, it's super easy! This is what the die cut will look like once all of the cut lines are folded and tucked in.

Then cut/emboss the largest shape using S5-113 Floral Burst die template and the Grand Calibur with Simply Smooth Ivory cardstock from Discount Cardstock. I inked the entire die cut with Antique Linen Distress Ink before folding and tucking.

Next fold and tuck the die cut. Inking the die cut before folding it will give you a two tone look.

I used EL-007 Elegance M-Bossabilities folder to emboss a piece of Bronze Metallic cardstock from Discount Cardstock. I love the crisp and deep embossing you can achieve using the M-Bossabilities folders!

The back side of the foil is silver so the foil also works great to achieve the two tone look. I used Scrap Happy Sheer Glue from The Rubber Cafe to adhere all of the foil pieces. There is a fine tip on the applicator on the glue bottle which makes it really easy to apply the glue in all of the small areas. I added black rhinestones from Want2Scrap in the center of the die cuts and along the edge of the plate.

Here is a close up of one of the candles. I used Simply Smooth Ivory cardstock and embossed it with EL-007 Elegance M-Bossablitities folder. Then to add the color I used Distress Inks. I added one of the small foil die cuts to the center of each candle and then added black rhinestones.

By entering the Spellbinders Abilities and Beyond Blog Frenzy you agree to the Official Rules. For questions on the Spellbinders Abilities and Beyond Blog Frenzy, send an email to contestquestions@spellbinders.us; no entries will be accepted at this email address.

TO ENTER:My blog is open for entries from 12:00 am, January16, 2012, until 11:59 pm, January 17, 2012, EST.

Be sure to visit all the Designers on their Blog Frenzy dates!Daily winners will receive an email within 24 hours of the blog frenzy’s closing. The winners will have 72 hours to reply to that email to claim prize. If a winner fails to respond within 72 hours, a new winner will be drawn.

To be eligible for the Grand Prize, enter each and every Blog Frenzy within its designated time period, send your entries from the email address for each entry. The Grand Prize has a retail value of over $1900 and includes the complete Spellbinders line of die cutting and embossing templates released at the 2012 Winter CHA show, and a Spellbinders Grand Calibur® Die Cutting and Embossing Machine!

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Oh my... Cut, fold, tuck dies??? What a BRILLIANT idea! The flowers look amazing, and so easy to make! Such beautiful projects. The dies really lend themselves to a variety of crafts, not just card making. :)

You have done it again - Heidi - I love your work. I don't often leave comments and I do check in almost every day to see what you have been doing. Thanks so much for the ideas and Inspiration. Sally-Ann

Oh my goodness Heidi, this is sooo gorgeous. I just love your candle decorations and the candletray too. This looks so fabulous and you sure did a stunning piece of art with these wonderful dies, but I never doubted you would. Absolutely stunning work here again hun. I so love it.

Wow Heidi, these are fantastic. Love your home decor project. These new fold and tuck dies are fabulous. I remember the cut and fold brass border dies that were along the same line many years ago that the cuts had to be made using a craft knife. These are so neat cause the intricute cuts are done just with a pass thru the machine. Love these. Marcie

Fabulous! I love that wooden plate and the candles, and your card is just beautiful. Those floral burst dies look amazing - can't wait to get a hold of those. Thanks for sharing these new products today. ;-)

Ok, where do I sign? I've gotta have these dies! How innovative and creative are these!? Your projects are wonderful, especially the candles you created! That sound you hear is my wallet groaning already :)

Your projects are so elegant. After seeing all these projects I sure Hope I can win this prize... I would need to go back through each and every bog hop person just to learn how to use them the product though;) Words can not describe how beautiful your projects are. thank you for sharing them with me.

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